Articles filed under Weather
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Freezing drizzle causing slick conditions on roadsJan 24, 2018 12:00 am - People are being warned to be extra careful when driving to work today. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory because of freezing rain and d...
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National Weather Service issues flood advisoryJan 22, 2018 12:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory until 9 a.m. for most of Illinois due to heavy rains. Doppler radar shows a large area of showers and isolated t...
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Editorial: Take precautions to avoid being a house fire victimJan 21, 2018 10:00 pm - Winter doesn't have a monopoly on house fires; it just feels that way sometimes. There's something about cold-weather months that seems to make fires a bit more prevalen...
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Feder: Former Channel 7, Channel 5 weatherman Coleman diesJan 21, 2018 12:00 am - John Coleman was a complicated and often confounding personality who brought the weather home to millions of viewers during more than 60 years as a broadcast meteorologi...
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Students from flood-damaged Round Lake Park school win $2,500 in ComEd contestJan 20, 2018 12:00 am - A group of fifth-graders at a Round Lake Park school flooded by July storms produced a video about the event that has won a ComEd contest and earned $2,500 for the schoo...
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Constable: Homeless in suburbs depend on couple's deliveriesJan 18, 2018 4:29 am - The brutal temperature hovers well below freezing. The wind howls. There's not a soul in sight. But Bill and Debbi Middendorp pull their Salvation Army van into this Pro...
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Images: Finding beauty in sub-zero weatherJan 17, 2018 12:00 am - Brutal. Treacherous. Dangerous. Inclement. Bleak. There are all kinds of words to describe the subzero weather we've experienced over the past few weeks. Our staff of p...
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Constable: Orbit roller-skaters chill inside while it's icy outsideJan 16, 2018 4:00 am - On a snowy Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, drivers behind the wheel are slipping, sliding and trying to avoid running into each other on the side streets. The ones who a...
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Morning snow causing long delays on suburban roadsJan 16, 2018 12:00 am - The National Weather Service Tuesday morning issued a winter weather advisory for Cook and Lake counties until noon. Up to two more inches of snow could fall early Tues...
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Images: Winter storm moves through the suburbsJan 15, 2018 12:00 am - See scenes from a winter storm that delivered a blanket of snow in the Chicago area Monday and was expected to dump as much as five inches of snow before moving on. ...